Florida is the only AAC team to rank on both Inside Lacrosse’s and Nike’s preseason polls.
Expectations are high for the Gators as last season was cut short, leaving them with a 6-2 record.
Florida will compete in 17 regular season games, but the first eight will be on the road.
The Florida Gators lacrosse team will be joined by seven new players in the fall of 2021 as their recruiting class has been finalized.
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Though the season was cut short, three Gators walked away with Inside Lacrosse Maverik Women's DI Media All-American honors Tuesday.
It started with her — and the game’s — first goal.
The Gators fell to a three-way tie for seventh in Monday's edition of the Inside Lacrosse Maverik Women's Division I Media Poll.
For 15 minutes, it appeared High Point would maintain steady control of Saturday’s game. Florida’s defense couldn’t find an answer to the Panthers’ repeated counter-attacks, and the offense struggled to evade pressure early-on.
The Gators couldn’t dig into its bag of tricks to mount a comeback at Scully-Fahey Field.
It had the makings of last weekend’s blowout loss at home against No. 5 Loyola-Maryland.
It was a week of highs and lows for the Gators.
It took 42 seconds for freshman attacker Kaala Puglisi to open today’s scoring.
The Gators dropped to eighth in the most recent Inside Lacrosse Maverik Women’s Division I Media Poll after their 17-6 drubbing at the hands of Loyola-Maryland Saturday at home.
It was a slow and methodical breakdown, Saturday against Loyola Maryland.
When all else failed, Florida turned to junior midfielder Shannon Kavanagh, its hero of games past. But even Superman lost a battle, and as No. 10 Loyola limited Kavanagh’s production, her team also suffered through kryptonite-induced weakness.
Neither Buffaloes nor Terrapins have been able to stand in the way of the No. 3 Gators’ path this season.
Following back-to-back wins against top-25 opponents, including this weekend’s upset win over No. 2 Maryland, the Gators rose nine spots to third in the Inside Lacrosse Poll. They also came in at No. 4 in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association poll.
For the second week in a row, junior midfielder Shannon Kavanagh proved to be the deciding factor for a Florida win.
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND — Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Sarah Reznick entered the season as the team’s starter following the graduation of Haley Hicklen.
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